First -- many thanks to your wonderful response to the panorama with the photographer. It made being out in the cold quite worth it!
Tonight's collage stemmed from deciding to practice focus stacking. With camera on tripod, I took 4 - 5 shots at three different times of the day, from late afternoon to evening. For each shot, I then used focus stacking in PS (auto-align, auto-blend, stack, merge layers, flatten layers). The stacked images within each time of day differed only in focal point (on near building, mid-buildings, furthest away, etc).
Focus stacking sounds like a magic tool! I find this interesting because it really drives home the difference that lighting makes - the transformation of boring into exciting.
@moonmtn Thanks, Kahsia. Each of these images was stacked - that is, they were combined from 4 - 5 images of the same scene, but with the focus on different areas of the scene.
Wonderful collage as the light changes on this fabulous view. It’s difficult to see from these small images just what difference the focus stacking has made to the clarity. Do you think it Improved your image? I have only seen people use focus stacking on macro images before.
Fabulous shots, how interesting focus stacking on a city scenery, I have only attempted this on a macro image, nice to see from day to night, excellant triptych.
I can see that there is a whole lot more in photoshop that I have never explored. Thank you for the introduction to the exercise you undertook - a fascinating study.
@tunia Thanks. We feel very fortunate. @pamknowler I think it helps more than a tight aperture (like f16 or higher). I hadn't been happy with the telephoto shots down the street as I could never get enough in focus. Compare this one to the one with the xmas tree in it, for example.
@pamknowler I think it helps more than a tight aperture (like f16 or higher). I hadn't been happy with the telephoto shots down the street as I could never get enough in focus. Compare this one to the one with the xmas tree in it, for example.